St. Paul police tell Soliah to stay in California
posted at 10:22 am on March 12, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Sara Jane Olsen wants to return to Minnesota to restart her community-theater career, but the police union in St. Paul would rather Kathleen Soliah do her parole for murder in California instead. Soliah, the former SLA terrorist and convicted murderer, will get released next week after serving seven years for planting bombs and a robbery where Myrna Opsahl, a bank teller, was killed. Unfortunately, the SPPD union won’t have much impact on the decision:
The president of St. Paul’s police union followed his Los Angeles counterpart Wednesday, asking California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to force Sara Jane Olson to serve her parole in his state instead of back home in St. Paul.
Despite the police unions’ concerns, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Minnesota lacks the authority to refuse to accept Olson’s parole supervision under an interstate agreement governing such cases.
“She should serve her debt where she committed her crimes and not where she was allowed and enabled to remain a fugitive for decades,” St. Paul Police Federation President Dave Titus said Wednesday. “Until she’s done her parole and is off paper, she shouldn’t be able to live wherever she wants to.”
Minnesota agreed to the arrangement a year ago, when California initially released her, and then had to recapture her when they realized they’d made a mistake:
Minnesota corrections officials have already approved Olson’s request to serve her parole in St. Paul. California officials have not yet made a final decision, but a year ago both states agreed Olson could serve parole in St. Paul. Five days after her release last March, Olson was rearrested at the airport preparing to fly home. California officials cited a clerical error for letting her out a year early and sent her back to prison.
In another example of California education, the parole board miscalculated her time off with good behavior and let her out too early. Now, we believe, they have the math correct. Maybe they can contact the Mathemagician at the U of M to check their calculations.
Soliah should have spent the rest of her life in prison for her crimes, especially the murder of Myrna Opsahl. Soliah got to live her life under a new identity here in the Twin Cities, with a family and a career on the local stage. Opsahl’s family got an anniversary to mourn every year and wonder when her murderers would be brought to justice. Now they get to watch the convicted murderer and terrorist pick up her life while the victim gets forgotten once again.
Still, I wouldn’t expect Soliah to get a big welcome back when she does arrive. She told everyone at first that she didn’t do anything wrong, and then that she tossed a couple of bombs but never hurt anyone. When she pled guilty to murder, it opened a lot of eyes here among the people who had been contributing to her defense and demanding her release. I suspect that her career on the stage will go poorly in the future.
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Yet you guys voted for that goof-ball liberal actor…you can bet it wouldn’t bother him to have her live in Minnesota…just in another town.
right2bright on March 12, 2009 at 10:24 AM
It’s stage. It’s mini-Hollywood. She’ll be welcomed back by enough useful idiots with open arms to make her feel all warm and fuzzy.
And you can have her.
SilverStar830 on March 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Why is Seth Green sporting that ridiculous woman’s wig…?
Kent18 on March 12, 2009 at 10:27 AM
She should be executed…
OmahaConservative on March 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Myrna Opsahl was just an unenlightened tool of the system. Her life had no value when compared to the important revolutionary cause of highly aware suburban radicals like Soliah.
*spit*
Cicero43 on March 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Aren’t you afraid she’ll be a bad influence on your radical Muslim population?
myrenovations on March 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Looks like the SPPD boys will become avid community theater goers in the coming years. Don’t forget the tomatoes, guys!
smellthecoffee on March 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Yeah Frankenberry doesn’t want to share the spotlight. When you have 2 liberals of such stature you want to spread the wealth around.
Guardian on March 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Minnesota gets hammered again; -2 today and Soliah is coming back to sell more of her stupid cookbooks. I need to move.
Bishop on March 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Ed, as a south Minneapolis resident I think you’re being a little too generous with the thought patterns of most of my fellow citizens. I expect a Star Trib editorial on the subject stating that she paid her debt to society (with a short blurb on how we should feel sorry for her for having been released and then detained again) and she should be welcomed back with open arms. She will be on the stage at local theaters within the year.
strictnein on March 12, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I agree she should spend the rest of her life in jail. Its not like she didnt have a full life while on the lam.
becki51758 on March 12, 2009 at 10:35 AM
She will be on the stage at local theaters within the year.
strictnein on March 12, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Yep, a brave martyr for the cause whose crimes will be glossed-over by the squishes who rant about “social justice.”
People think Massachusetts has liberals? Minnesota would give them a run for their money.
Bishop on March 12, 2009 at 10:35 AM
What ?? Community theater career??? Must be a blind community!! I guess she could make a good witch.
Dire Straits on March 12, 2009 at 10:35 AM
C’mon Ed—–you take her…We have plenty of nutbags in Southern Cal, while all you guys got is a “senator in waiting”.
Rovin on March 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Words. Just Words.
maverick muse on March 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Come now, we all know the only terrorists are Rethuglicans and those who catch sea kittens. Planting bombs in furtherance of the Leftist agenda is merely community activism. It may be a bit overzealous, but compared to cutting the capital gains tax it is no crime.
/sarc (for the sarcasm impaired lefties, who’d probably agree with it)
rbj on March 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM
As long as it’s from one liberal state to another she’ll be fine.
DCJeff on March 12, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Noooooooo!
We have enough nutjobs here already, especially the idiot lefty kind.
And since Carmichael is just up the road from me, I remember the murder way too well to have much sympathy for her.
Or none.
Bob's Kid on March 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Typical phony American…like most libs.
ClassicCon on March 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM
This IS the problem across the entire Country my very funny (ha ha funny 1 or 2 liner) friend, we have States like MN, MI, NY, NJ, CA, OR that have this huge white guild , far left, radical Liberal mind set… The old fuzz-ball Hippies, drug worn minds of the Elites… They ruin their respective States, bankrupt them, Socialize them, then turn to Conservative States and demand our hard earned money for their folly…
These morons elect the Murthas, the Kennedys, the Kerrys, the Obamas of the world… and wonder why their States suck so bad, have such high taxes, run off business, hig unemplyoment, high crime and massive welfare… IDIOTS!
It’s these very same tools that vote in the Liar-In-Chief, the Messiah to pay for their mortages, gas and foibles…
Mark Garnett on March 12, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Let her vote for Senator…
Wade on March 12, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Please send her to my home – she will never bother, harrass, speak or bomb again….
Ris4victory on March 12, 2009 at 10:48 AM
I think I see a career as a “distinguished professor” at a major university in her future.
AmericanUnderground on March 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM
So how will the Northern US Muslim community deal with Soliah? She’d likely convert to join forces with radical Islamics to pursue the bloody thrill of urban guerrilla terrorism. As a Muslim, she’d enjoy the element of PC untouchability from the PC population and PC government.
[I write "Islamics" knowing that Islam references the REGION on earth wherein Muslims live and rule according to their religion.]
maverick muse on March 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM
“Tossed a couple of bombs but never hurt anyone”
Where else have I heard that?
SarahW on March 12, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Not to be a jerk, but this was a poor ending to the article Ed. No one should give a flying fark how her **career** goes, we should be wishing her a miserable life and hope for her early release from “life”.
Geministorm on March 12, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Ed,
I’m not sure her return to theatre here won’t go well. People here are radical, take my Congressman for example, Keith Ellison, she’s not even in his District and I’ll bet he’ll welcome her back with open arms.
He’s that crazy, I keep wondering when we’re going to see him do some work for our District. I only see him on TV in Gaza or Syria.
mngirl on March 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM
You’re on to something. No requirements given “honorary” degree–and professorship follows “guest lecturer” status and series. Advisory and Board positions ensue towards path into political office. Meet the next executor.
maverick muse on March 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM
I’m sure there are plenty of liberals in St Paul who would think it tres chick to be photographed with a murderer. Would go with their Che! T-shirt.
GarandFan on March 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM
+10
right2bright on March 12, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Really – I want to know – Are there enough SANE Minnesotans left to ever take the state back from the left-wing asylum dwellers?
Too bad. There was some pretty good fishing up there and when the US collapses and finally disintegrates under Obama’s “leadership”, MN won’t be part of the country I’ll choose to be living in.
Fishoutofwater on March 12, 2009 at 11:36 AM
POS
bloggless on March 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM
JUST OUT: The St. Paul
CommieCommunity Theatre has just announced an entirely new production of the classic Beauty and the Beast starring in her triumphant return Kathleen Soliah after an extended sabbatical. Auditions are still being held for the role of Beauty….Braindroppings on March 12, 2009 at 11:56 AM
I with Americanunderground. This chick will get some cushy job at a local university.
When did Minnesota go so far left? I am amazed.
catlady on March 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I bet Dear Leader will nominate her to be Secretary of the Department of Community Theater. Formerly known as the Department of Defense.
rbj on March 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM
No. She’ll be the head of the NEA.
myrenovations on March 12, 2009 at 12:13 PM
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Too bad this killer didn’t commit her crime in Texas. Huntsville has a lot better (and more permanent) way of “reforming” murderers. No long probation needed.
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Maybe Bill Ayers and his lovely wife Bernadine Dohrn could take her in and get her work in Chicago. The University could use her experience there.
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John Bibb
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rocketman on March 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM
“Killing capitalist pigs for Peace” is what made sense to Soliah in the 1970s, and I don’t see much evidence that she’s changed her mind. Like Ayers and Dohrn, she’s just retired from the hands-on work.
RBMN on March 12, 2009 at 1:20 PM
C’mon! This is Minnesota! Wellstone country! She will be a media darling! Interviewed by the Red Star and Tribune till the cows come home! Then she will be on local NPR and PBS doing “how do you feel about your time in prison” in depth interviews with communist journalists! Then she will the toast of the prick celebrity big shots around town. She will be offered big bucks for her book! Then she will job offers from every corner of the Twin Cities! We love this stuff up here!
She is a pig that should rot in prison, by the way!
sabbott on March 12, 2009 at 1:29 PM
If that picture is a true likeness, the gift of life has not helped her. She is one ugly human being. Maybe going through what remains of her life looking like that is the rest of her punishment.
vnjagvet on March 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM
I know of no one who ever took a flattering mug shot. Well, perhaps Tom Delay, but that’s because he smiled for it.
Ed Morrissey on March 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Right now, Hollywood is probably writing the screen play of her life story with the intent of showing what a wonderful mother she is and how she was unjustly treated, and how courageous she was to kill people. Right is wrong and wrong is right to liberals.
But…
Christian Conservative on March 12, 2009 at 2:51 PM
She will be welcomed back and given celebrity status. She will be quoted on public issues and given opportunities to speak at public events. That is part of the liberal culture. You are in if you oppose traditional value and culture. She will have many soul mates speaking for her in only the way liberals can do it. Around here it is called misleading and distorting and that is okay in Minnesota just ask a local T.V. station it never hurt their credibility it was a badge of honor.
rsl775 on March 12, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Or maybe awarded a job as professor of education at the U of M.
Christian Conservative on March 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM
First Franken, then the south Minneapolis Somali suicide bomber, now the return of Our Little Terrorist.
Hat trick!
Gawd, how I miss the good old days of Governor Grappler…
At least back then we could make the case that the rest of the country was laughing with us instead of at us…
Bruno Strozek on March 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM
This piece of dung should never see sunlight again but will undoubtedly be running for an office here in the land of ten thousand dems ruining this state.
oakpack on March 12, 2009 at 5:13 PM
You have no idea how complex and confusing is California sentencing. Most errors detected on appeal are in sentencing. Soliah’s sentence was even more confusing in that defendants have to be sentenced under the laws at the time of their crime. Additionally, in her case, there was a contested issue on how to calculate her sentence and good time credits.
Blake on March 12, 2009 at 5:49 PM
They should let her go to Chicago and shack up with Billy and Bernadine.
No brainer.
Dr. ZhivBlago on March 12, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I was thinking of welcoming this bitch home, in front of her house, with a big sign that says, “Welcome home, Bourgeois Pig”.
Bet she wouldn’t like that.
13Girl on March 12, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Ps The ticking gift is for you.
darktood on March 13, 2009 at 5:49 AM
Officials in Californication and MinniMouse should go back to grade school and learn simple math again since they can’t count days nor ballets.
lasertex on March 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM
The various police unions here in California are right on the same wavelength as the St. Paul union:
It is nice to know, however, that if for any reason Ms. Soliah’s parole does get “outsourced” to Minnesota, that there are police in Minnesota who will assure that Soliah serves every minute of that parole and meets its every requirement.
That said, Soliah/Opsahl has apologized — something I don’t think Patty Hearst, who was also one of the robbers, did, and Hearst is scot free and able to enter her pedigreed dogs at Westminster. As a Catholic, I put a lot of store by a sincere apology and a penance done, and I also put a lot of store by the lack of one and the lack of penance.
unclesmrgol on March 15, 2009 at 12:56 AM
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